an active service chevron; blue cotton embroidered stripes on rough khaki material; 1914 = 1918; mounted on card; accompanying text on the reverse; 'Service Chevrons In about 1915, service chevrons (copied from the French) were introduced, and lasted until a few years after the Great War. For the first year the chevron was red, for the suceeding years, blue. Only personnel who were in the army during the period covered by the 1914 Star were entitled to wear the red stripe.'
